Alexander Muse
Alexander is a serial entrepreneur with more than a decade of startup experience. In addition to authoring the Texas Startup Blog he also hosts the Dallas Startup Happy Hour and operates a coworking space in the Dallas INFOMART.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Skills: | Business, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Public speaking, Sales, Software Engineering, Writing |
| Groups: | Texas Ventures |
| Visas: | India, USA |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding hot stories, Finding team mates, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Supporting my investments |
FULL BIO
Alexander’s day job is with Big in Japan, a social software company focused on the integration of various Web 2.0 technologies, where he serves as CEO. In 2007 Big in Japan sold Fancast to Comcast Interactive and presently operates under several brands including ServiceGuy, WhiteBox and SocialTones. Previously, he served as CEO of Architel, a provider of outsourced information technology services. Prior to that, he was founder and CEO of LayerOne, a venture capital-backed telecommunications infrastructure company he started in the late 1990’s. Alexander has been involved in several organizations including the Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas (EFNT), the Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO), the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), IEEE, The Open Management Consortium, DFW Entrepreneur Network, OnStartups, Start-Up Phase Forum and Startup Ventures Links.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Big in Japan |
| Position: | Social Ninja |
| Time period: | March 2005 - Present |
| Description: | Big in Japan™ builds cool stuff. Since 2005 our team of developers, strategists and marketers have developed intellectual property around social media using the Ruby on Rails development framework. Our initial patent pending technological developments focused on XML to create unique social podcasting interactions (PodServe and FanPodCast). These technologies are used to power social connections between fans of popular television shows such as Damages, Dirt, Nip/Tuck, The Shield, and Rescue Me to name a few. We then developed patent pending interactions between VoIP, XML and Rails with the development of ServiceGuy. Most recently we developed patent pending technology to take advantage of the unique characteristics of the iPhone with our iPhoneVote application. |
Alexander's Startups (6)
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Big in Japan
Big in Japan is a mobile application publishing company based in Dallas, Texas. Our developers build applications for mobile devices including Googleâs Android platform, Appleâs iPhone, RIM, Windows Mobile and Palmâs Pre.
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SimpleTicket
SimpleTicketâ¢, was the first application we wrote using the Ruby on Rails framework. The application was built for Architel, Big in Japanâs parent company, and provides a simple solution for tracking issues.
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Whitebox
WhiteBox⢠provides technology enabled finance and collection products for the automotive industry. Our customized solutions provide warranty providers the ability to offer car dealers products such as new and used warranties.
Alexander is Following (29)
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ZCubes
A pure browser platform that allows users to express their creativiity by creating and sharing experiences that integrate media, text, websites, wordprocessing, spreadsheets, and even your handwriting and painting.
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Activist Apparel
Activist Apparel is about powerful ideas and the gatherings where those ideas form. We design shirts for disruptive organizations, and spread important messages. Change your style. Change yourself. Change the World.
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Alexander's Contacts (10)
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Kat Rice
Graduated from UNT in 2007 with a degree in Creative writing but has owned Internet businesses since 2003. Currently own Veribatim Web Design & Consultation, and has interests in online social networking, writing fiction novels and politics.
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Albert Raggio
Albert Raggio Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Visionary The DreMak companies: DreMak, Inc. DreMak Studios, Inc. DreMak Productions, LLC